Specifically, the Trump Justice Department is looking at whether to jump into a lawsuit alleging that Harvard University uses racial quotas at Asians’ expense.

The Times got hold of an internal memo seeking lawyers to work on “investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions.” Its reporters and editors turned that into a story on a supposed all-out war against “anti-white bias.”

The left promptly went up in arms over the nonexistent Justice drive to protect white privilege.

The underlying issue is serious: One Princeton study found that Asian-Americans must do 140 points better on the SAT to have the same chance of getting accepted to a private college as otherwise-similar white kids.

They are the forgotten minority, because they’re overachievers. Here in the city, they’re a target of efforts to bring “justice” (i.e., more black and Hispanic admissions, regardless of merit) to the elite high schools. And never mind that many come from low-income families.

Yes, Asians badly complicate the standard liberal narrative on race in America — but that’s hardly a reason to discriminate against them.